President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) Assoc. Prof. Dr Doan Minh Huan held a working session with Dr. Leeber Leebouapao, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the Lao Academy of Social and Economic Sciences (LASES), in Ha Noi on May 26 to discuss breakthrough ways for improving bilateral coordination.

A seminar held in the northern province of Ninh Binh on July 29 brought together Vietnamese and Lao experts to exchange experience and strategy on developing heritage-based economies.